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19 August 2019
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Women humanitarians protect human rights, dignity and give hope to others
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Humanitarian Day
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12 August 2019
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My Body, My Life, My World! – a brand new rallying cry for the SDG generation
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day From their communities to their capital cities, young people everywhere are demanding their…
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11 July 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a…
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02 July 2019
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5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls
“I have met many women who have suffered tremendously during labour,” said Dr. Kenza Aden, a general practitioner in Djibouti. This is because most of her patients …
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01 July 2019
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Twenty-five years ago, leaders promised to advance women’s health and rights. Have they delivered?
Twenty-five years ago, at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, 179 governments adopted a visionary Programme of Action that aimed to safeguard the…
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17 June 2019
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Meet the woman protecting women in Yemen
Bushra was only 14 years old when her family arranged a child marriage to an older man, and a year later she became pregnant. She was a mother of six when her husband lost his job…
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28 May 2019
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Four reasons menstruation is a human rights issue
Over a woman’s lifetime, she could easily spend three to eight years menstruating. Misconceptions and mismanagement of menstruation can hamper women’s ability to…
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23 May 2019
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The Youth Forum in the Arab Region 2019: Call for youth participation
UNFPA and its partners in collaboration with the Tunisian Ministry of Youth and Sports are convening the second edition of The Youth Forum in the Arab Region in Tunisia from 20 to…
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21 May 2019
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A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq
DOMIZ 2, Iraq – “I never thought I would have to start over,” Nermin* told UNFPA from Domiz 2 Camp in Iraq. She was 21 when she was uprooted from…
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